2nd Hand Smoke Kills

Wednesday, I was on my way to speak in Omaha at the Nebraska Safety and Wellness conference, when a man sitting next to me in the airport asked me if I worked at MD Anderson.  He told me his mother was being treated for lung cancer.  I asked him how long she had smoked, he paused and with tears in his eyes said, “She never smoked, but I’ve been smoking since I was 11”.  I asked him if he had ever tried to quit, he told me he was 7 hrs. 11 min. without a cigarette, and I had shown up like an angel reminding him of how much he loved his mom and much he would give to be smoke free.  2^nd hand smoke kills!